The Leadership Behaviour of Scouts and Guides in Nablus Schools

The scouts and guides movement is considered as a distinguished educational movement which completes school education and is good for covering some gaps in the school curriculum . Scouts and guides movement is a school that mends the human sell in its known dimensions :- ( mind, soul and body) and prepares a person to active public life . The subject of leadership and practicing it is a contemporary and distinguished subject which is worth Of being taken into considerations especially in Palestine for if not leading a group, then let it be leading one's sell. The Ninth' tries to answer the followings question: 1- what is the level of the aspects of leadership behavior of students from 6th grade to 12th grade in Nablus schools ? 2- Are there significant statistical differences in the leadership behavior among students organized in the scouts and guides movement as compared to those 'who are not organized? 3- Are there significant statistical differences in the leadership behavior among scouts and guides ? 4- Are there significant statistical differences in the leadership behavior among scouts and guides living in cities and those livings in camps? 5- Are there significant statistical differences in the leadership behavior due to the interaction between membership and sex variables? 6- Are there significant statistical differences in leadership behavior due to the interaction between membership and residence variables? The sample of the study includes ( 106 ) members in the scouts and guides movement 20 scouts and 86 guides and (I 1)6 ) Who are not members in the same movement. all of those where chosen randomly front five schools which were also chosen randomly from Nablus city and its camps : 1 boy public school 3 girls public schools and 1 UNRWA. girls school. The size of the scouts and guides population in Nablus city and surrounding camps in 1995/1996 scholastic year reached 622 members. The members covered in the study were selected randomly from different schools . The selected schools in the scholastic year mentioned above can be classified as follow: -The selected public male school represents 20% of all public male schools. - The selected public female schools represent 21"A of all public female schools - The selected UNRWA ..A. female school represents 50 % of U.N.R.W.A. female schools in the same scolastic year. Nariman Al-Rifai’s leadership scale( 1988 ) is used in the researcher's study of the Leadership behavior . Summer Odeh also used it in her thesis ( 1995 ) "the leadership behavior among 8 grade student in the schools" Ater modifying it to lit in its language the Palestinian environment. The measurement has 32 situations' items- each of them shows one aspect of the leadership behavior . The collected data were analised to examine the hypotheses of the study as follow:- 1-The frequencies and percentages were used to determine the general scope of the leadership behavior among scouts and guides . The frequencies and percentages were also used to identify the level of each aspect of the leadership behavior . 2-The (1 - lest) was used to reveal the significant statistical differences in the aspects of the leadership behavior between students who are members Of scouts and guides movement and those who are not members. 3-The (1 - test ) was used to reveal the significant stalistical differences in the aspects of leadership behavior between scouts and guides. 4-The (t test ) was used to reveal the significant statistical difference in the aspects of leadership behavior between scouts and guides living in the city and those living in camp . 5-Two-way analysis of variance \vas used to determine the significant statistical differences in the leadership behavior due to the interaction between sex and membership variables. 6- Two - way analysis of variance was used to determine the significant statistical differences in the leadership behavior due to the interaction between membership and residence variables . The results of the study had the following indications:- I-The study indicates the details of the levels of the leadership behavior : high level , medium level and low level among the members of the sample ( boys and girls ). 2-There are significant statistical differences at (α=0.05 ) level in the aspects of the general scope of the leadership behavior between those who are members in the scouts and guides movement and those who are not, infavour of who are in the movement 3- There are no significant statistical differences at (α= 0.05 ) level in (he aspects of the general scope of the leadership behavior between scouts and guides . LI-There are no significant statistical differences at (α=0.05 ) level in the aspects of the general scope of the leadership behavior between those who are members in the movement and living in the city and those who are members and living in camp . 5-There are no significant statistical differences at (α= 0.05 ) level in the leadership behavior due to the interaction between sex and membership variables . 6-There are no significant statistical differences at (α= 0.05 )level in the leadership behavior due to the interaction between membership and residence variables . Recommendations: Based on the findings of this study the following recommendations are made : 1-The movement of scouts a guides should sponsored, organized , activated and given full care by school, home, media, ministry of education and all those in charge. 2- More attention and intensive care should he directed to create the leading citizen, develop his abilities, train him through the scouts and guides movement. we should delegate leadership to the capable leaders.